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Macnamara Field Naturalists' Club

The Macnamara Field Naturalists' Club fosters appreciation for nature through education, conservation, and community engagement, promoting the protection of local ecosystems and wildlife for future generations.

Bid in Macnamara Field Naturalists&#39; Club&#39;s Silent Auction 🦉🌲 Your bids support our work to promote the appreciation, understanding, and preservation of nature in the Ottawa Valley. Funds raised help sustain the Macnamara Trail, extend wetland observation by Goodwin Bay, and offer field trips and talks that share local natural history. Browse, bid, and know that each item you choose helps keep our trails welcoming and our programs active for visitors and members.

Macnamara Field Naturalists' Club's Silent Auction

🎉 Excitement is in the air! Get ready to be part of something extraordinary at Macnamara Field Naturalists&#39; Club&#39;s banquet! Our annual banquet and auction will be taking place on Friday November 7th, 2026&nbsp;at the Fitzroy Harbour Community Centre -100 Clifford Campbell Street in Fitzroy Harbour. This year, we are thrilled to have renowned conservationist and ornithologistDr. Christian Artuso!<img src="https://mcusercontent.com/ce67fded97876fd934525a2b2/images/2004bd0a-7bc0-40c8-56b6-d9ce5eb221ab.png" width="350" height="234" fr-original-style="" fr-original-class="fr-draggable" style="cursor: pointer; padding: 0px 1px; user-select: none; max-width: 100%; position: relative; box-sizing: inherit;"> Dr. Christian Artuso is a conservationist and ornithologist with the Canadian Wildlife Service, Environment and Climate Change Canada.Christian is a deep believer in Indigenous-led stewardship and in enabling Indigenous worldviews to change society&rsquo;s approach to conservation. He has a passion for languages, speaking six. He has spent many years learning Anishinaabemowin (and about other Indigenous languages), which has deeply shaped his conservation ethic. He has given hundreds of presentations on natural history and conservation to a wide variety of audiences and uses blog posts and social media for outreach. He has trained many young biologists in field methods and identification and run capacity-building workshops for Indigenous Nations and others. He enjoys travelling and wildlife photography, having photographed 4,500 species of birds, including some of the first known photographs of rare species. His photos appear in many magazines, books, and other media. His recent book, including all his own photographs, is entitled <a fr-original-style="" href="https://www.vidacom.ca/product-page/our-feathered-friends-a-bird-s-eye-view-of-canada/" style="text-decoration-color: currentcolor; user-select: auto; box-sizing: inherit;" target="_blank">Our Feathered Friends : A Bird&rsquo;s-Eye View of Canada</a>.<ul fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;"><li fr-original-style="text-align: center;" style="text-align: center; box-sizing: inherit;"><img src="https://mcusercontent.com/ce67fded97876fd934525a2b2/images/31ef5b37-232f-df72-1fa3-fb56af77a657.png" width="400" height="342" fr-original-style="" fr-original-class="fr-draggable" style="cursor: pointer; padding: 0px 1px; user-select: none; max-width: 100%; position: relative; box-sizing: inherit;"> </li></ul>In his current role, Christian has a strong focus on grassland conservation and on sharing his love for this underappreciated and imperilled ecosystem. He will present on the status of our grassland birds and on the many conservation initiatives he supports or partners with such as the Central Grasslands Roadmap, the Indigenous Kinship Circle, the kihci-okāwīmāw askiy Knowledge Centre, as well as full life-cycle efforts such as the Sustainable Grazing Network in Mexico and the Grasslands Alliance in the pampas ecosystem of Brazil, Uruguay, Paraguay and Argentina, both important non-breeding grounds for migratory grassland birds.

MFNC Annual Banquet!

🎉 L&#39;excitation est dans l&#39;air ! Pr&eacute;parez-vous &agrave; faire partie de quelque chose d&#39;extraordinaire lors du banquet du Macnamara Field Naturalists&#39; Club ! Notre banquet et vente aux ench&egrave;res annuels auront lieu le vendredi 7 novembre 2026&nbsp; au Centre communautaire de Fitzroy Harbour - 100 Clifford Campbell Street &agrave; Fitzroy Harbour. Cette ann&eacute;e, nous sommes ravis d&#39;accueillir le conservationniste et ornithologue de renomDr. Christian Artuso !<img src="https://mcusercontent.com/ce67fded97876fd934525a2b2/images/2004bd0a-7bc0-40c8-56b6-d9ce5eb221ab.png" width="350" height="234" fr-original-style="" fr-original-class="fr-draggable" style="cursor: pointer; padding: 0px 1px; user-select: none; max-width: 100%; position: relative; box-sizing: inherit;"> Dr. Christian Artuso est un conservationniste et ornithologue du Service canadien de la faune, Environnement et Changement climatique Canada. Christian est un fervent croyant dans la gestion dirig&eacute;e par les autochtones et dans la possibilit&eacute; que les visions du monde autochtones modifient l&#39;approche de la soci&eacute;t&eacute; envers la conservation. Il a une passion pour les langues, en parlant six. Il a pass&eacute; de nombreuses ann&eacute;es &agrave; apprendre l&#39;Anishinaabemowin (et &agrave; en apprendre davantage sur d&#39;autres langues autochtones), ce qui a profond&eacute;ment influenc&eacute; son &eacute;thique de conservation. Il a donn&eacute; des centaines de pr&eacute;sentations sur l&#39;histoire naturelle et la conservation &agrave; un large &eacute;ventail de publics et utilise des articles de blog et les r&eacute;seaux sociaux pour sensibiliser. Il a form&eacute; de nombreux jeunes biologistes aux m&eacute;thodes de terrain et &agrave; l&#39;identification et a anim&eacute; des ateliers de renforcement des capacit&eacute;s pour les Nations autochtones et d&#39;autres. Il aime voyager et photographier la faune, ayant photographi&eacute; 4 500 esp&egrave;ces d&#39;oiseaux, y compris certaines des premi&egrave;res photographies connues d&#39;esp&egrave;ces rares. Ses photos apparaissent dans de nombreux magazines, livres et autres m&eacute;dias. Son r&eacute;cent livre, incluant toutes ses propres photographies, s&#39;intitule <a fr-original-style="" href="https://www.vidacom.ca/product-page/our-feathered-friends-a-bird-s-eye-view-of-canada/" style="text-decoration-color: currentcolor; user-select: auto; box-sizing: inherit;" target="_blank">Nos amis &agrave; plumes : Un aper&ccedil;u du Canada vu du ciel</a>.<ul fr-original-style="box-sizing: inherit;" style="box-sizing: inherit;"><li fr-original-style="text-align: center; box-sizing: inherit;" style="text-align: center; box-sizing: inherit;"><img src="https://mcusercontent.com/ce67fded97876fd934525a2b2/images/31ef5b37-232f-df72-1fa3-fb56af77a657.png" width="400" height="342" fr-original-style="" fr-original-class="fr-draggable" style="cursor: pointer; padding: 0px 1px; user-select: none; max-width: 100%; position: relative; box-sizing: inherit;"> </li></ul>Dans son r&ocirc;le actuel, Christian se concentre fortement sur la conservation des prairies et sur le partage de son amour pour cet &eacute;cosyst&egrave;me sous-estim&eacute; et en p&eacute;ril. Il pr&eacute;sentera sur l&#39;&eacute;tat de nos oiseaux des prairies et sur les nombreuses initiatives de conservation qu&#39;il soutient ou avec lesquelles il travaille, telles que la Feuille de route des prairies centrales, le Cercle de parent&eacute; autochtone, le Centre de connaissance kihci-okāwīmāw askiy, ainsi que des efforts sur tout le cycle de vie, comme le R&eacute;seau de p&acirc;turage durable au Mexique et l&#39;Alliance des prairies dans l&#39;&eacute;cosyst&egrave;me des pampas du Br&eacute;sil, de l&#39;Uruguay, du Paraguay et de l&#39;Argentine, tous des terrains non reproducteurs importants pour les oiseaux des prairies migrateurs.

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